多種多様|たしゅたようtashutayou

1. na-adjective, no-adjectivea great variety of; diversity
   その会合かいごうに集あつまった人ひとたちは多種たしゅ多様たようだった。↗

   A variety of people gathered at the meeting.

• Synonym様々さまざまNeutralThe everyday word for 'various', at home in both speech and writing. 「多種多様」 stresses that the range of kinds is large and leans more written.
• Synonym種々しゅじゅWrittenWritten-language word for 'various', as in 「種々の問題」. 「多種多様」 is stronger in tone.
• SynonymいろいろCasualThe most common choice in conversation, but it can also hint at things left unsaid, as in 「色々あって」. 「多種多様」 leans written.
• Synonym多様たようNeutral'Diverse'; common in 「多様化」 and 「多様な価値観」. 「多種多様」 is the emphatic form of the same idea.
• Synonym多彩たさいNeutralRich in colour, or of richly varied, glamorous content. 「多種多様」 is plainer and neutral.
• SynonymバラエティNeutralLoanword for variety, also the word for TV variety shows. 「多種多様」 sounds more written.
• Synonym千差万別せんさばんべつWrittenWritten idiom stressing that each item differs from the rest. 「多種多様」 simply stresses that there are many kinds.
• Synonym多種たしゅNeutral'Many kinds', used mostly as a modifier, as in 「多種の製品」. 「多種多様」 puts more weight on the variety itself.
• Synonym多様性たようせいNeutralThe noun 'diversity', as in 「生物多様性」. 「多種多様」 describes the state of being varied.
• SynonymまちまちNeutralSays things vary and lack uniformity, as in 「意見がまちまち」. 「多種多様」 just neutrally notes many kinds.
• Synonym種々雑多しゅじゅざったWrittenWritten term for a motley jumble of things mixed together without order. 「多種多様」 carries no hint of disorder.
• Related雑多ざったWrittenThings of different kinds jumbled together, with a messy, disordered feel. 「多種多様」 is neutral.
• Related多角的たかくてきWritten'From many angles', as in 「多角的に検討する」. 「多種多様」 is about many kinds, not viewpoints.
• Related諸般しょはんFormalFormal written word, seen mostly in set phrases like 「諸般の事情」. 「多種多様」 is far more general.
• Related数々かずかずNeutralStresses large numbers, as in 「数々の賞」. 「多種多様」 stresses that the kinds themselves differ.
• Related多面的ためんてきWritten'Multifaceted' — the many sides or angles of a person or thing. 「多種多様」 is about the number of kinds.
• Related千姿万態せんしばんたいWrittenLiterary idiom for endlessly changing forms and postures; rare, and 「多種多様」 is the usual choice.
• Related千態万状せんたいばんじょうWrittenLiterary idiom for countless shapes and forms; rare, with 「多種多様」 the normal choice in practice.
• RelatedヴァリエテWrittenLoanword for variety, used extremely rarely; in everyday speech 「バラエティ」 is the word you hear.
• Antonym同一どういつNeutralAntonym: completely identical. Stands opposite to 「多種多様」 on whether the kinds are the same or different.
• Antonym単一たんいつNeutralAntonym: single, of just one kind. Stands opposite to 「多種多様」 on how many kinds there are.
• Antonym単調たんちょうNeutralAntonym: monotonous, with little change. Stands opposite to 「多種多様」 on whether there is variety and change.

In everyday speech and writing, 「いろいろ」 and 「様々」 are the default words for 'various'. Use 「多種多様」 when you want to stress, in a more written tone, that the range of kinds is large. For a jumble without order pick 「雑多」; for items that each differ pick 「千差万別」; for opinions that fail to agree pick 「まちまち」. The antonyms 「同一」, 「単一」 and 「単調」 cover sameness, a single kind, and monotony.

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